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Do you take out your old RAM? for Eg if there are 3 slots and one has a 64mb ram in to you take it out and put the 128 in or just keep the 64mb ram and put it in a spare slot so you have both?
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"Win 98 can take 512MB ram easily but might find that it slows down."
I wouldn't be so sure...
I wouldn't be so sure...
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?&ID=KB;EN-US;Q253912
suggests that 512Mb is the limit before Win98 gives up.
The forums at computing.net say that there's no problem until 512Mb. Also found this on a Google newsgroup:
"Windows itself can make use of up to 2 gb of physical RAM.
Adding more memory will improve performance if, and only if, the added memory results in reduced usage of the virtual memory swap file. Therefore if the swap file is not being used to any significant extent then adding more memory will not provide a significant improvement.
This applies regardless of how much or how little RAM is currently installed. Use the System Monitor utility that comes with Windows and set it to track "Memory manager: Swap file in use" for several days of normal to heavy usage. If "Swap file in use" regularly shows as 20 mb or more then the swap file is being used extensively and more memory would result in improved performance."
Someone else says that they reckon that 128Mb is pretty much enough for average usage, unless you're heavily into big graphics.
There's an odd option in the Msconfig program "Advanced" settings that allows you to limit memory to a number of Mb, but why you'd want to do that is beyond me. On my PC, the option is unchecked.
My PC has 256Mb, and it works fine, but I can't say that I notice any spectacular improvement over 128Mb. I got the extra RAM mainly because it was spectacularly cheap at the time.
suggests that 512Mb is the limit before Win98 gives up.
The forums at computing.net say that there's no problem until 512Mb. Also found this on a Google newsgroup:
"Windows itself can make use of up to 2 gb of physical RAM.
Adding more memory will improve performance if, and only if, the added memory results in reduced usage of the virtual memory swap file. Therefore if the swap file is not being used to any significant extent then adding more memory will not provide a significant improvement.
This applies regardless of how much or how little RAM is currently installed. Use the System Monitor utility that comes with Windows and set it to track "Memory manager: Swap file in use" for several days of normal to heavy usage. If "Swap file in use" regularly shows as 20 mb or more then the swap file is being used extensively and more memory would result in improved performance."
Someone else says that they reckon that 128Mb is pretty much enough for average usage, unless you're heavily into big graphics.
There's an odd option in the Msconfig program "Advanced" settings that allows you to limit memory to a number of Mb, but why you'd want to do that is beyond me. On my PC, the option is unchecked.
My PC has 256Mb, and it works fine, but I can't say that I notice any spectacular improvement over 128Mb. I got the extra RAM mainly because it was spectacularly cheap at the time.
http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/tech/98/12/18/help.html
Well researched and informative Doc. The above while not written in stone points to the origin of the 64MB myth
Well researched and informative Doc. The above while not written in stone points to the origin of the 64MB myth
Doc, thanks for pointing that out.
I'd always thought it was Windows that was the problem.
Maybe I'll get some more RAM now...
Cheers mate!
I'd always thought it was Windows that was the problem.
Maybe I'll get some more RAM now...
Cheers mate!
You should fit in the memory stick that contains the most memory in slot one and then the smaller one in slot 2. Well, that's what I had to do to get my 256meg stick to work with a 128meg stick. :)
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